The document discusses the importance of telecommunications for K-12 education in Southeastern Minnesota, highlighting the need for modern infrastructure and broadband access. It mentions Governor Pawlenty's initiative mandating online learning for high school graduation and emphasizes the role of STEM education in providing economic opportunities. The piece outlines various trends and challenges in education technology, advocating for policy changes to enhance educational equity.

1. TelecommunicationsIn The Conceptual Age

3. A Vision of K-12 Students Todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

4. 10 Year Economic Pyramid

5. SEMNET – Southeastern MN Network

6. SEMNET’s Mission To Build and Maintain a World-Class Regional Telecommunications Collaborative in Southeastern Minnesota.

7. SEMNET – Membership Benefits

8. Top TrendsLarge-Scale 1:1 Implementations

9. Learning Management Systems Go Mainstream

10. Online Assessment Is Replacing the No. 2 Pencil

11. The Student Computing “Race to Mobility” Accelerates

12. Interactive Whiteboards Come Into Their Own

13. Internet Bandwidth Crisis Reveals New Concernshttp://www.ads2006.net/ads/order08

15. http://www.ciconline.org/thresholdfall08

16. http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/18575969.html

17. Governor Pawlenty’s Online Learning InitiativeOnline Learning Experience Required for High School Graduation. Under the Governor’s proposal, the state’s high school graduation standards will require every graduate to take an online course, participate in an online experience or participate in online experiences incorporated into other graduation requirements. The new requirement would take effect in 2013.http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/PROD009202.html

18. STEM provides education and economic opportunity, both now and into the futureLuntz (Phd), F (May 4, 2008). Promoting STEM education: A communications Toolkit. National Governors Association, Retrieved 12/4/2008, from http://tinyurl.com/565ycq

19. “BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE, Obama and Biden’s Plan for America”“Ensure that rural Americans have access to a modern communications infrastructure. (…) modernize an FCC program that supports rural phone service so that it promotes affordable broadband coverage across rural America as well” http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

20. The Road to the White House…Using Web 2.0

21. http://www.setda.org/

22. http://www.setda.org/

23. http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/online-courseware